Protocol Trumps First Amendment

President Bush apologized to Chinese President Hu Jintao for our right to freedom of speech in our country. The secret service covered the mouth of Wenyi Wang as she yelled out from the top of a camera platform, asking Bush to get the Chinese president to stop persecuting the Falun Gong. Did you get that? COVERED HER MOUTH! And Bush APOLOGIZED for her right to speak!

A photographer who was standing next to the protester tried momentarily to quiet her by putting his hand in front of her mouth.

"It's hugely embarrassing," said Derek Mitchell, a former Asia adviser at the Pentagon and now an analyst at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

China "must know that this Bush administration is good at controlling crowds for themselves, and the fact that they couldn't control this is going to play to their worst fears and suspicions about the United States, into mistrust about American intentions toward China."

What the fuck?! Am I reading an American newspaper? Do I need glasses? It's "hugely embarrassing"? Do we have to turn into China just to appease their leaders when they come to visit? Bush is a huge pussy for not telling President Hu Jintau, "Hey look, people speak their minds here. This is America." Bush was acting as if he were ashamed. It's as if he turned into a sleazy, used car salesman, trying to make a sale, selling out at the same time.

Bush Apologizes for Freedom of Speech